Crime & Safety
Port Monmouth Woman Bitten By Family Pit Bull At Home
She was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening puncture wounds, said police.
A woman suffered several non-life threatening puncture wounds from a dog bite on Thursday around 4:45 p.m.
The woman was taken by Fairview First Aid for treatment at Riverview Hospital in Red Bank.
The woman lives with her son in a house Hudson Avenue in Port Monmouth, and the son is the owner of the pit bull, said Middletown Police Sgt. James Prosinski.
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The incident happened inside the house.
The son and the dog's whereabouts were not immediately known Thursday night, said police.
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Middletown Township Animal Control will handle the case, said police.
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